Destination guide — Hungary

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EATING OUT
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IN MOST RESTAURANTS, MENUS WILL ALWAYS HAVE FROM 20 - 30
ITEMS TO CHOOSE FROM. WAITERS ARE EFFICIENT AND YOU WILL
MORE THAN LIKELY BE SERENADED BY GYPSY VIOLINISTS.

TYPICAL MEALS
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THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF HUNGARIAN CUISINE ARE
HARMONIOUS, SUBSTANTIAL
DISHES FLAVOURED WITH RED PAPRIKA, ONIONS, TOMATOES,
GREEN PAPRIKA, AND SOUR
CREAM. AMONG THE TYPICAL DISHES ARE THE FAMOUS
HUNGARIAN GOULASH MADE WITH
BEEF, VEGETABLES, POTATOES AND SMALL NOODLES
(THE AUTHENTIC DISH IS MADE IN
A KETTLE OVER AN OPEN FIRE; THE URBAN
FORM IS SERVED AS GOULASH SOUP);

CHICKEN PAPRIKAS WITH GNOCCHI, A DISH WITH A
DELICIOUS SAUCE, AND STUFFED
CABBAGE, A RICE AND MEAT STUFFING WRAPPED IN
SOUR CABBAGE LEAVES AND COOKED IN A SUPERB SAUCE.

THE SOUP SPECIALITIES INCLUDE FISH SOUP MADE
FROM A VARIETY OF FISH AND THE
GOLDEN-YELLOW UJHAZY CHICKEN SOUP MADE WITH
SEVERAL KINDS OF VEGETABLES.
PASTRY AND SWEETS TO TASTE INCLUDE THE FAMOUS
TUROSCSUSZA MADE OF PASTA,
COTTAGE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM AND FLAVOURED WITH
FRIED BACON; DELICIOUS RETES
(STRUDEL) WITH FILLINGS OF SOUR CHERRY,
COTTAGE CHEESE AND POPPYSEED WRAPPED
IN PASTRY AS THIN AS TISSUE-PAPER; SOMLOI GALUSKA,
A WONDERFUL CONFECTION OF
CRUMBLED SPONGE CAKE, VANILLA CREAM, WALNUTS,
RAISINS, WHIPPED CREAM AND
CHOCOLATE SAUCE; AND VARGABELES, A BAKED PUDDING
MADE OF VERMICELLI COOKED
IN MILK, COTTAGE CHEESE, SOUR CREAM AND RETES PASTRY.
MEALS USUALLY BEGIN WITH SOUP,
FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN COURSE AND DESSERT.

TYPICAL DRINKS
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WINES
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THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE HUNGARIAN WINES IS THE
TOKAJI ASZU WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN
FOR CENTURIES AS "THE KING OF WINES, THE WINE OF KINGS".
THE HIGHER THE NUMBER
OF "PUTTONY" OF THE LATE-HARVESTED,
HONEY-SWEET ASZ? GRAPES, THE BETTER THE
WINE'S QUALITY IS. THE OTHER QUALITY TOKAJI WINES
- E.G. THE TOKAJI SZAMORODNI
- CAN BE SWEET, SEMIDRY OR DRY.

HIGH QUALITY HUNGARIAN RED WINES COME FROM EGER,
SZEKSZARD AND THE DISTRICT OF
PECS; THE BEST KNOWN BRANDS ARE EGRI BIKAVER,
SZEKSZARDI KADARKA, VILLANYI
BURGUNDI AND VILLANYI OPORTO. MELLOW FLAVOURED
FAMOUS WHITE WINES ARE MADE FROM THE GRAPES GROWN
ON THE VOLCANIC HILLS OF THE BALATON UPLANDS
BADACSONYI RIZLING, BADACSONYI KIKNYELU.
ALTHOUGH WINES FROM THE SLOPES OF THE MUTRA MOUNTAINS
SUCH AS ABASURI RIZLING, ARE ALSO POPULAR.

THE HOUSE OF HUNGARIAN WINES IN BUDA CASTLE IN BUDAPEST
OFFERS A STOCK OF 400
WINES FROM 22 WINE GROWING AREAS OF HUNGARY. THE HOUSE
IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 1100 - 1900
THE WINECITY HOUSE OF FINE HUNGARIAN WINES OFFERS MORE
THAN 100 WINES OF 22 WINE GROWING AREAS OF HUNGARY.
BESIDES WINES ONE CAN BUY OTHER HUNGARIAN PRODUCTS SUCH
AS SPIRITS, SPARKLING WINES, CHEESE, PAPRIKA, BOTTLES,
GLASSES AND SOUVENIRS.
OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 0900 - 2200.


HUNGARIAN BEERS
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DREHER, ARANYASZOK, KOBANYAI, SOPRONI, BAK, BORSODI, SZALON.

SPIRITS
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INCLUDE THE KECSKEMET APRICOT AND CHERRY BRANDY,
KOSHER PLUM BRANDY AND ZWACK UNICUM. IN ADDITION TO HUNGARIA
& TORLEY, THE MOST FAMOUS HUNGARIAN SPARKLING WINES, A LARGE
VARIETY OF GOOD QUALITY HUNGARIAN PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE.

FOR INFORMATION ON DINING AND WINING LOOK FOR THE
FOLLOWING MONTHLY GUIDES AT HOTELS OR TOURINFORM OFFICES:

BUDAPEST PANORAMA, A MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE IN
ENGLISH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN AND FRENCH.

PROGRAMME IN HUNGARY, A MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE
IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN.
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